One of the wives of some of the faculty here invited the ladies for a tea party.  It was just a delightful time together.  There were six of us there.  Her beautiful tea cups set an elegant table. The visiting and connecting together was the most important part though. It was refreshing to take time for tea and a visit. 

We ladies also went on a little shopping adventure and out for lunch.

The greenhouse project is as complete as we can get it in the two weeks we were able to work on it. The greenhouse looks so much better and we thrilled to hear of their plans to use it in the future.

The men were working in the new appliance repair shop getting it ready for habitation. They ran conduit and other things I don’t know much about. 

Mike our leader found a “Squeaky Clean Joke Book” at a thrift shop and has been enjoying presenting the joke of the day following our devotion time. He’s had some pretty good ones. One of them had us laughing out loud unable to catch our breath.

“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”

Charles Dickens

Then just in the blink of an eye the three weeks are complete. One wonderful staff family had us over for a taco bar our last evening there. It was wonderful and we really enjoyed their oldest daughter playing the harp. She played a number of beautiful songs and hymns.

Goodbyes are so difficult and we will miss this team tremendously. Two couples are headed back to Iowa and we are going to Dallas to see our son and family. Then we will head home to the prairie. It’s been a great adventure.

“Home is a shelter from storms—all sorts of storms.”

William J Bennett